E18 sites - Santa Pola (ES)

Santa Pola (ES)

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Location Ensanche de Levante/Santa Pola
Scale L/S
Site Family Re-sourcing from natural elements / Regenerating Landscapes

Commission after competition Special Plan Project. Urbanisation Project and Health and Safety Study. Works management of the Urbanisation Pro- ject and the Health and Safety Study. For the follow-up and implementation of the project, it is necessary for practical purposes to have two teams that cooperate simultaneously: the international winner team and a local (municipal) team, also with the capacity to make proposals.

Inhabited milieu's challenges Santa Pola is a tourist municipality on the southeast coast of Spain, located between two centres of activity: Alicante, the capital of the province, and Elche, the second city in terms of population, and immediately next to the international airport. The Alicante-Elche metropolitan area, where the Alicante-Elche-Santa Pola triangle is located, comprises 20 municipalities, with 900,000 inhabitants (2023). It has experienced strong urban expansion and population growth in recent decades.
Santa Pola has a long coastline. It was and still is a fishing village, but tourism is now its main source of income. The floating population increases fivefold in summer. The site is located in the privileged area of the municipality; the ‘Ensanche de Levante’: an urban development parallel to the coast, with soils of different classification and use.